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When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

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“I am a student of Frantz Fanon. I read him every day, and think about his ideas. When I see what is happening in Gaza right now, I know the people of Palestine are the wretched of the earth. They are fighting to be free from generations of occupation. And so, it is not enough, brothers and sisters—students—it is not enough to demand ceasefire. How about this? Make your demand cease occupation. Cease occupation, cease occupation! Let that be your battle cry.”

— Mumia Abu-Jamal, imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther who has been jailed for over 42 years

#mumia abu jamal #free palestine #end the occupation

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#palestine #frantz fanon

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#:') the tide is turning #palestine

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today I went whale watching and saw lots of mommy whales with their babies 🤍

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Please send your thoughts and prayers 🙏 Ben Gvir got in a car accident and I need to make sure he dies 🙏

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hey guys what should i do with my one wild and beautiful life

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#the earth laughs in flowers :)

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there is no unlived life or alternative reality where everything went right…. there is only here and now what are you going to do with it

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Passover seder at UC Berkeley’s Gaza solidarity encampment (via twitter)

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I sit and think about how we’re all just walking our individual paths but sometimes our paths align perfectly with someone else’s and you either walk the rest of your lives together or it’s just for a brief moment in time and you carry on. We’re really all just walking each other home. Life is so magical.

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cant get more fascist police state than snipers on rooftops overlooking peaceful protests.

this is what democracy looks like.

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Imperial boomerang